System for supplying drinking-water.



G. PLEMENG.

SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING DRINKING WATER APPLICATION FILE!) SEPT. 21, 1907.

Patented May 4, 1909.

r @1202 ]L 54/ a GEORGE FLEMING, OFGHIGAGO, ILLINOIS.

SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING DRINKING-WATER.

, Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed. September 21, 1907. Serial No. 393,895.

Patented May 4, 1909.

To all whom it may concern." v

Be it known that I, GEORGE. FLEMING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Systems for Sup lying Drinkin -VVater;,and I dohereby dec are that the fol owing is-a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreferenc'e marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. 4

This invention relates to a system for supplying drinking or other water, which may be coole and filtered, to the different parts of a building, and the invention consists in the matters hereinafter more particularly set forth and pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention may be better understood by referenceto the accompanying drawing WlllChSllOWS a vertical section through the walls and floors of a building equipped with my im roved system. v

As s iown in said drawings, A, Adesigna'te two vertical walls of a building, and B, B

designate the several floors thereof.

0 designates the basement of the building and D designates an upper compartment which may constitute the attic of the buildlhe two walls A, A are provided with vertical passages or flues A A in which are located parts of-the ap ar atus to be hereinafter described. Said ides are equipped at their up er ends with ventilators A? and are provide 7 at their lower ends with air inlet openings at, which may-be provided with controlling valves a shown at the lower end of the flue A 40 E designates a water supply main and F a sewer main below the floor of the basement.

G designates a receiving tank located in the basement which receives water from the water main E and H designates a reservoir located above the highest oint to which it is desired that water shall e supplied.

I designates a force pump for lifting the water from the receiving tank to the reser- .voir H. The intake pipe '8 of said pump dips into the body of water in .said receiving tank and the water is'lifted by said pump through a pipe 41 located in the shaft or flue A and connected at its lower end with the outlet side of said pump and discharging at ts 5o u per end into the top of said reservoir. ater may be delivered directly-from the As herein shown, however, a filter J is interposed between said main and the receiving tank to filter the water before its delivery to the tank. Water is delivered to said hlter in said normally open and automatically closes to shut off the supply of water to the tank when the water rises above a predetermined level in the tank, thereby automatically maintaining such level regardless of the ressure of the water supply and the with rawal of the water from the tank by the pump 1.

From the bottom of the reservoir H a ipe It leads downwardly through said flue A into one end of the refrigerator K'and from the opposite end of said refrigerator pipe leads upwardly through said flue A to the upper part of the building, thence across-to the opposite flue A 'near the upper floor B, and descends through said latter flue to the basement and terminates in a horizontal portion 76 which enters therefrigerator boX K at a point closely adjacent to the lower end of the pipe h At various points in its length the pipe 70 is provided with branch pipes Z and draw-off cocks L L by means of which water may be drawn from the system as required for use. Below said draw-off cocks are arranged drip bowls or sinks L provided with trapped drain pipes which lead into waste pipes L which connect at their lower ends with the sewer main F. Certam of the branch pipes Z are shown as equipped with ornamental glass tanks L located in the adjacent rooms of the building.

The pipe 7c and the refrigerator or ice-box K constitute a closed distributing circuit which is supplied with water from the reservoir H through the pipe h at the said refrigerator,

its passage through the refrigerator. Said.

means consists, as herein shown, of a pump i M included the circulating pipe 70, it bein i herein shown as contained in the horizonta 7 portion Zr of the pipe located in the basement C. The pum may be "driven byany suitable motor, as or instance, a watermotor M when conditions permit,-,supplied withwater from the main E through a pipe m. A drainpipe m leads from the motor to thesewerF. f

' As a further means for maintaining a. circulation' of water through said circuit, which may be used separately or as an auxiliary to the pum water may be slowly diverted from the ower part 'of the circuit on the receiving side of the refrigerator to the tank G or other receptacle and pumped therefromto v the reservoir from time to time as occasion requires.

circuit is replacedby water from the reser vo1r H, thus malntalmng or assisting to I The water thus diverted from the maintain a circulation of water in the-system. When suchcirculating meansis used auxiliary to the pump M itmay take the form of a branch pipe k provided with a valve k leading from thepipe k adjacent to the intake side of the pump and discharging at its other end into the tank G; a By roperly adjusting the valve 16- Water is al owed to leak slowly from the lower part'of the'distributing circuit through the-pipe k and around the refrigerator into the receiving tank G from whence it is pumped toithe reservoir fromftime to vtime. Said pipe k is provided within the receiving tank oatcontrolled valve g located at a level higher than the float controlled valve 9. Said valve is normally open but closes when the water reaches the level indicated by the dotted line and cuts off the further leakage of water from said circuit to the tank. The rising of the float gives notice to the engineer I or to the person who has charge of the pum ing ofthe leak pipe 16 and: to avoid the ne cessity of pumping the water back into the tank H at frequent intervals. 3,

I to pump water from said receiving tan intothe reservoir until the level of the water in the tank is lowered sufficiently to allow the float controlled valve to open, thereby re- 1 establishing leakage of the water'from said circuit to said tank. The valve k is adjusted to permit the water to leak fromthe circuit to the tank slowly so that ample no-. tic'e may be given to avoid the complete clos- An overflow pipe N leads end of thereservoir H downwardly through the shaft A and dischar es at its lower end into the receiving tank whereby the peri son having charge of the ump I may know when the reservoir is 'fil ed to the proper level.

In order. that. the water in the receiving tank G maybe preliminarily cooled, said tank is constructed with double walls between which is afforded a-cooling space which is a zig-zag1 with a I from the upper furnished with water from the melting ice in the refrigerator box K through a pipek.

Said cooling water space is drained into the seWermain .through'a drain pipe g. I The refrigerator K consists of an outer casclosed chamber or tank Ksuitably supported therein andarrangedfor the assage of water "7 0 mg K? adapted to receiveice, and anwinner I therethrou'gh; Said inner c amber K? is diyided by vertical partitions k into a number of compartments, and said artitions are so arranged that alternate ones e'ave space'sbetween their top and bottom margins and the top and botto'r'nwalls, respectively,of the tank, so that'water entering the tankatthe top. of one'ofthe end compartments asses to they other end compartment'of the" evice' partment t ewater is delivered to the receiving end of the distributin pipe k. \A'

drain Bpipe 7c communicating with thesewer pipe opens into the ice-compartment of the refrigerator box at -a'ipoint above the bottom wall thereof, whereby water from the melting ice is "drained. to the level of the uzpper'en'd of said pipe. Aisecond drainprovided'with a valvek leads from P p Y the bottom of said ice compartment to the path, from which latter com-v sewer, whereby all the water may be drained from the'ic'e com artment whendesired.

' The: filtering r'ight cylindric casing having in its upper part horizontally arranged porous partitions J between which are placed a filterin medium, such as sand, gravel or charcoa;

evice' J con'sistsof an up- The inlet opening of the filter with which the filter inlet pipe. e is connected opens immediately below the lowermost of said parv I titions. opening at the top of the tank for com- From' the bottom of the filter casing J a drain pipe j leads to the sewer pi e F.

terial instead of adhering to said partition is continually washed therefrom by" the inflow of water through the-inletipe e and settles to the bottomjof the f ter casing from, which 'it may be occasionally withdrawn by opening the valve 7' in the drain pipe c sum as my invent10n:--

.' 1. The comb' ation with an elevated Water reservoirand a closed circuit receiving water from said'reservoir, of a leak passage discharging water from the lower part of said circuit, a tank into which said passage dis.- charges, automatic means for-cutting off tl The filter casing has an outlet p ,munication with thepipe j which leads tothe receiving tank,' as before described.

pum

sup y and delivering it to. said-reservoir, oi

amass -fiow of water through said passage to saidtank, andrneens for raising Water from said tank to said reservoir.

2. in a system for supplying water, the combination with a source suppiying Water, a reservoir located shove thehi ehest level at which the-Water is to be distrihuted,and a pump receiving. Water from said source of supp yand deliver ng it to said reservoir, of

1 a. closed distributing circuit receiving Water I'ro'rn saidreservoir and provided with a plurahty of draw-off cocks, a leak pipe receiving water from the lownpart ofsaid circuit,a I tank into which the pipedischarges, and an tomatie means for cutting off the flow oi?- vvaterthrough said pipe to said tank,'said pump'operating to lift the, Water from said tanirto said reservoir.

" 3. In a'systenrfor supplyingwater, the

combination with a souree'supplying water,

a reservoir located above the hi best level at which the vvater is to'be distri uted; and a receiving water'from said source of a c osed circuit receiving Water from said reservoir and provided with a plurality of draw-o5 cocks, a pump for maintaining a i ositlve circulation In said circuit, a leak plpe eading ironrsaidclosed'circuit, a tank into which said pipe discharges, and a float actuatedvalve Within said tank" operating upon the rise of water in the tank to cut oil' the flow of water throu h said pipeto the tank, said-first mentione pump operating to lift the water irom's'aid tank to said reservoir.

a system for supplying water, the enmhination with a source supplying water and a reservoir elevated above the highest level at "which the Water is to bedistributed,

of a receiving tank into which the Water is 40 through. said circuit, a leak pi e receiving water from the lower part of sai circuit and discharging into said receiving tank, and au tornatic means for cutting oil. the flow of weterthrough said pipe to the tank.

tri uted, of a receiving tank into which Wa ter is delivered from said source of supply,,

a float actuated valve for controlling the supply of Water to said tank, a pump for raising the Water from said tank to the reser-' I voir, a closed circuit receiving water from said reservoir ancl provided with a plurality of draw-oficocks, means for maintaining a. positlve circulation of Water in said closed circuit, and an overflow pipe leading from the top, of'said storage reservoir and discharging into said receiving tank. 7

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as any invention 1 affix 'my signature in the eptember A. D. 1907.

GEORGE FLEMING. Witnesses:

' Mass,

T. H. ALFREDS.

presence of two witnesses, this 12th day of 5. In a system for supplying Water, the combination with a source supplying Water, and a storage reservoir located above the hi hest level at which the Water is'to be dis- 

